Rotary dish-washing machine



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Agwii E8 l95 c. A. PHILIPPE 295945723 ROTARY DISH-WASHING MACHINE Filed July 15, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 MED 0 INVENTOR.

far! A. Philip L' ROTARY D ASH ACHINE Filed July 15, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 c. A. PHHLHPPH ROTARY DISH-WASHING MACHINE Ami 18, 11950 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed July 15, 1944 IN V EN TOR.

April 1950 c. A. PHILIPPI 2,504,726

ROTARY DISH-WASHING MACHINE Filed July 15, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. In far A. Philippa Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to dishwashers and refers more specifically to a container adapted to produce a cascading effect of water on the articles to be washed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an efiicient dishwasher of simple design which shall be easy to manufacture and to use.

Another object is to provide a dishwasher extremely economical of soap and water.

Another object is to provide a dishwasher adapted to be operated by hand or by motor power.

Another object is to provide an efficient dishwasher which is easily portable and adapted for use with existing plumbing instead of requiring its own supply and drain pipes.

Other objects will become apparent from the following specification:

In accomplishing the objects of the present invention it was found desirable to provide a frame and a hollow body adapted to revolve in the frame, a body cover, a discharge spout, and means for holding the contents of the body in place. The body revolves about a horizontal axis.

In operation, the articles to be washed are placed in the body with several inches of hot soapy water. The cover is fixed in place and a few revolutions of the body washes the contents. The discharge cap is removed and the water run out by inverting the body.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings showing, by Way of example, preferred embodiments of the inventive idea.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the washer.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the washer.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section along the line 44 of Figure 1 showing a hypothetical arrangement of contents retained in position by springs and rigid supports.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section along the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a horizontal section along the line 66 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a transverse vertical section along the line 'l--! of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is an elevation of the spring and platform for cups, glasses and small articles.

Figure 9 is a plan View of the same.

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional detail of the closure means between the body and the top.

Figure 11 is a detail of the means of fastening the retaining springs in place.

Figures 12 and 13 show a washer in place in the sink, in upright and inverted positions respectively. In these figures the body is a cylinder adapted to revolve end over en Figure 14 is a section through a differently constructed washer.

Figure 15 is a side view of the washer shown in Figure 14.

Referring to Figure 1, the frame 14 consists I of a baseplate I5 and standards I6 terminating in pillowblocks I! formed with a lower half "18 and upper half I9, held together by bolts 20. The body 2| carries trunnions 22, 23 which are journaled in the pillowblocks. Trunnion 23 ex tends beyond the pillowblock in order to provide a shaft for a crankhandle 01' wheel 24 and handle 25 adapted to effect revolution of the body on the trunnions.

The cover 26 forms a waterproof closure of the top opening of the body and to assure this tightness a gasket 2! (Figures 4 and 10) is fixed to the rim of the body opening. A hole in the cover leads into a discharge spout 28 mounted on the cover. Obviously, the discharge spout may be located elsewhere in the container. The spout may be threaded and is closed by a threaded cap 29 and washer 30. The cover is held in place by hinges 3i and clamps 32 (Figures 1, 2 and 3).

The body is thus suited to be revolved end over end by the handwheel, as indicated by arrows in Figure 2. When the body is inverted and the cap removed as in Figure 13, the water runs of! through a hole 33 in the frame H! as indicated by dotted lines in Figures 1, 2, 3, 12 and 13.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 show a dish basket 34 of corrosion resisting sheet metal, wire or wood construction and very open design. The basket should slip easily into the body, but snugly enough to have no substantial movement relative to the body when the cover is clamped down and the body revolved.

Transverse members 35 divide the basket interior substantially into a number of extremely open vertical compartments for dishes. Extension coil springs 36 or other stretchable flexible means extend from one end of the basket to the other above the dishes and in contact with them, preventing displacement when the body is revolved. Springs 36 are fastened permanently at one end 31 and by a catch 38 at the other end.

An inner basket 39, of similar construction fits into basket 34 and is suitably and removably supported therein as for instance by shoulders 40 dishes.

sratei yf a Outlet drain :6 w ich ;.f rm. :a part 11 1 This machine isused in the same in formed by deforming the sidewalls 4|. This inner basket contains a multiplicity of platforms 42, 43 mounted on springs 44 in spaces 45 defined by lateral and longitudinal members 46, 41 for re siliently positioning sinall articles such as glasses cups, knives, forks and spoons. The platforms 42, 43 have perforations 4B which comprise the greatest practical proportion of the'total area of the plattorm i cess of a'tr u 6 L V all pla*ed together on rectangular plat orrh 43 which has its own compartment 49. n

A wire cover 50 fits over the contents of inrir basket 39 and is held in place gither byjts own hinges and catches or by contact with the body 15 cover 26. a r

In operation the dishes are slipped -ir tg their compartments as in Figures 4 and 6, and locked in place by springs 36.

Inner basket 39 is tli n put in place and glasses and :cups, are i put :o'nithle'ir "respective platforms and the knives, forks and spoons areheapied :o'n splatform "43 "compartment 49. Wire cover 50 is placed :over all and preferably pressed-down a'ndslock'ed, ;In the absence of .alockfforcover 50 it will be "held'inplaceby closing and locking'bo'd'y, cover 26. W

body cover 26 is closed or through thediscli'arge sprout 28. o. V V a i a fewrevolutions'rofthebody serve'togwash the :dishes, as, the water cascades as the body r e jvolves-pand impinges on {successive surfaces of the articles with theforce'imparted by its falling .weight, and by theitransverse movement of the Q'Ihe body *is "stopped in inverted iposition andthe wash water 'run off, the body is returned to upright @position'and rinse waterfis run in thru the spout, and a few more :revolutions serveto rinsethedishes "Ihe'body ispnce again'stopped in inverted position, the; rinse ya- -ter run 0E, and. the contents dry thernselyes, since, they are all in a1draining po sition and hot enqush to vap rate surface moistur .l I

l The c ca ingief ect o ejwith nfi ve ie ;;provi ie's2a forceiulimpine m ntni we srz p u .acesito,pe cleaned," a novel efiectm'a washer tw l be und rs odt eti piaceioidra nin e waste ater directly. i t ,.t- ;s 1 ;k, LWQ

; :feas b1e and, wi hin the s ope. o lthisjnyention to drain-the waste v Water into a panpr-pail "p ed diref t yjunden the jconta-iner and then carrying; this receptacle to the sink for disposal.

Fi ure .4 l an ilz liow a twa hl rcei a. somew at i ierent. c ns ructi nh t q rliii Qt machine has h ect onala eap ar eule sea metrical 'figure'and the sidewalls; 5t ofthe body are :located at equal "distances f r om;;its ag: 59f rotation. This axis coincides with thegaxis yf the shaft -stubsl 5'l carrying :the .body 55 and mounted in bearings 58. :Awheel iiafis used to rotatel-thebody 15. .7 Br cketsr l c n ti utiee --:;part;oi aframe B! are usedto carr-y'the bear- L "A c ver 62 is. nne ted "by b nss fil (the lfr l s te, ide qcthe bed-Y imer iesleh its-2' -the one'shown in Figures 1 to 13. Dishes or other Also; the within invention not only utilizes ex- 7 istiiig I t bi r li r new a t u e "slid'irit a closet or er the sinkfci5nserving floor space. r

The extreme economy of hot water and soap, will be particularly appreciated where these P s are'less plentiful, and the same users will appreciate "manual operation of the device. A: lt is apparent, that the specific illustration s'hriwn'aboifehas'been given by way of illustra-= ticntihd not by way of limitation, and that the illustrations given above are capable of wide variations and m qdificatiqn without departing from the-scope or inte to; the p sent v'efition lflor i sta .;a .-nQi in :ieeen TWb h fi may be dispensed with if the ontents cbfmio'rtably :iill j the body sq as to prevent displacement on revolution, is th etwhenpotsandpws are shedfither re m iseans and other shapes of bgdy m ay also be chosen.

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